In a tough budgetary climate, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration received essentially the only increase in an agriculture appropriations bill that advanced in the Senate this week, just
As August recess comes to an end on Capitol Hill, new details are emerging about the appropriations process that will impact the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the
Top food and agriculture industry groups are commending U.S. officials for their leadership at the recent session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, a global food standards-setting body created by
On the heels of Cargill’s 36 million pound recall
of ground turkey sparked by a antibiotic-resistant Salmonella outbreak,
a group of Democratic lawmakers sent a letter Tuesday to the
The debt deal struck by leaders in Washington last week has food policy insiders worried about the future of food safety funding at both the U.S. Department of Agriculture
As a Salmonella Agona outbreak linked to Mexican papayas unfolds, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Ranking Member on the Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, is calling on Congress
Faced with harsh budget realities on just about every level, state and local public health associations are ratcheting up their efforts to urge Congress to fund the implementation of the
The recent deal between the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the United Egg Producers (UEP), more commonly known as adversaries, to improve egg-laying hens’ living conditions struck
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Thursday to ban the extra-label use of certain antibiotics in food animal production that are of critical
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration not to dismiss congressional opposition to the approval of genetically engineered (GE) salmon.
House and Senate
As much of Washington, D.C. focused on striking a deal on the
debt ceiling last week — and long term deficit reduction — six people
whose lives have been severely impacted